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Brocton, IL

275 Population
0.6 square miles 481 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.1 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Edgar County: 46.6 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,784 ±$4,633 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Edgar County: $35,038 ±$2,131
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,231 ±$4,104 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Edgar County: $59,941 † ±$6,477
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8% ±5% (22  ±15) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Edgar County: 12% † 1,936 (±2.2% / ±351)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.1 minutes ±15.1 (3,520  ±1,280) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Edgar County: 17.9 † 127,550 (±1.9 / ±15,214)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

116 ±30 Number of households
  • Edgar County: 7,567 ±174
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (275  ±72) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Edgar County: 2.1 16,142 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.2% ±6.5% (1  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Edgar County: 3.8% † 124 (±2.1% / ±68)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

124 ±33 Number of housing units
  • Edgar County: 8,214 ±29
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$81,300 ±$10,238 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Edgar County: $97,300 ±$5,863
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4% ±5.7% (11  ±15.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Edgar County: 11.7% † 1,928 (±2.6% / ±432.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.7% ±4.3% (193  ±54.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Edgar County: 89.2% 10,860 (±4.8% / ±584.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.7% ±13.7% (24  ±29) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Edgar County: 20.4% † 2,483 (±2.5% / ±299)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

9% ±4.6% (19  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Edgar County: 5.7% † 753 (±1% / ±131)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
19 Total veterans ±11 13 Male ±8 6 Female ±5

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